diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 97fa0ea7d..19ca7e17b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -194,7 +194,12 @@ Browserify.prototype._createDeps = function (opts) {
             }
             return stream;
         },
-        function (file) { return insertGlobals(file, opts) }
+        function (file) {
+            var vars = {
+                process: function () { return "require('_process')" }
+            };
+            return insertGlobals(file, xtend(opts, { vars: vars }));
+        }
     ];
     return mdeps(mopts);
 };
diff --git a/lib/builtins.js b/lib/builtins.js
index 717a5f3b7..743265150 100644
--- a/lib/builtins.js
+++ b/lib/builtins.js
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ exports.url = require.resolve('url/');
 exports.util = require.resolve('util/util.js');
 exports.vm = require.resolve('vm-browserify');
 exports.zlib = require.resolve('browserify-zlib');
+exports._process = require.resolve('process/browser');